Chapter 446: Emotions Don't Discount
PS: I went to the hospital in the afternoon, and the doctor said that it was caused by lack of sleep, and I just needed to take some medicine and rest for two days.
After coming back, because the doctor said that there were drug ingredients to promote sleep in the medicine, Hua Hua didn't dare to take it immediately, and forced herself to code this chapter. Gorgeous can't stand it, take medicine, and then get a good night's sleep.
Tomorrow's update time, TBD!
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After a brief explanation, Li Lan stepped off the podium, his footsteps did not stop, and went straight to the family area.
The soldiers of the Red Guard Regiment have no families, and among the nearly 3,000 fallen soldiers, nearly 900 are Somali soldiers, all of whom belong to the garrison.
And these more than 900 people, most of whom have family members, the death notice has been issued as early as three days ago, and today is their most depressing farewell to their relatives.
The crowd that was crying softly did not stop because of Li Lan's arrival. Death was as normal for every Somali family as breathing in the past.
A Somali family usually has at least five or six children, but there are actually less than two who can actually grow up. The probability of a Somali child growing up is less than one in three, which is the previous figure, and it is still a very cruel average. In other words, in some areas, the growth rate of children is less than one-third.
Somalis are very open to saying goodbye to their loved ones, because even those children who are growing up may one day be captured and sent to the army. Faced with this situation, basically the family can treat him as if he is dead. Because those who were captured to serve as soldiers could never return home.
Now. They are facing the farewell of their loved ones, they are on the battlefield, and they are sacrificing for this nation and this country, and the weight in their hearts is naturally very different. Because this is the pride of their hearts, they are no longer mediocre to die, but they are honored to be buried in this mausoleum, and they are forever engraved with the title of hero.
They cry for the pride of their hearts, and for the sadness of a loved one who has passed away.
Coming to the family circle, Li Lan conveyed condolences to every family in an orderly manner.
Look at the photo of them hugging in their arms. Li Lan also felt a deep heaviness in her heart.
Along the way, the excitement and eyes of the relatives made an extremely deep impression on Li Lan.
When he walked up to a young woman, the woman in front of him, like every unmarried woman in Somalia, covered herself tightly, revealing only a pair of large smart glasses. It's just that today's eyes no longer have any smart colors. The bloodshot eyes revealed three points of grief, six points of sadness and one point of despair.
These eyes. It brought him a great shock to his heart, and when Li Lan looked at the photo of the woman holding her tightly on her chest, she sighed helplessly in her heart.
The smiling soldier in the photo is known to Li Lan. He had met several times, and he could still clearly call out the warrior's name - Kurata, a very sunny fighter division.
The cruelty of war. The Air Force is the most vocal in this war, with three fighter wings. By the end of the war, only two wings remained. One of the wings has completely disappeared. Sixty excellent fighter divisions disappeared over the battlefield along with their fighters.
In front of him, the Kurata in the photo is one of them, he is the first batch of Black Hawk fighter pilots, when Li Lan inspected the Air Force command center for the first time, he was standing beside Li Lan, and now that group photo is still hanging in Li Lan's room.
Although Li Lan didn't have too in-depth conversations with him, he was very impressed by Kulata. To this day, he still remembers very clearly that Kurata's lively energy, words and deeds are full of youthful vigor and vitality.
In the 12 air battles he experienced, Kurata destroyed two French Rafale, an F-15 and an F-16, and at the end of the day, he piloted a fighter plane and an F-18 Super Hornet carrier-based aircraft of the US military. With a record of five planes, if Kurata were still alive, he would have been promoted to ace pilot and continue to serve in the Air Force.
Today, Kurata is still honored as a hero pilot and an ace pilot, but he is no longer here.
At the beginning, the base's sentence "each of them is a fresh life" made Li Lan understand the value of the Red Police soldiers, and now he faces the life and death of the soldiers even more heavily. In dealing with the enemy, Li Lan can use means without scruples, but he is always concerned about his own soldiers.
Therefore, all along, although he can be called a hero, he is definitely not a qualified hero, and he cannot be a complete hero or have his own way.
The sobbing sound of the woman in front of her dragged Li Lan out of the long river of memories of remembrance, watching the woman hug the photo of Kulata tightly, Li Lan asked a little heavily: "Who are you Kulata?" ”
"Does Mr. President know Kurata too?" The woman replied with a little excitement.
"He's a hero, and if he doesn't die, on the podium, he'll be at the top." Li Lan took a deep breath, and her words were also extremely sad.
"Unfortunately, he is gone, Allah is above, and he must be blessed with a happy life in heaven." It seemed to be affected by Li Lan's tone, and the tears in the woman's eyes flowed even more.
"Your girlfriend?" Seeing that the woman didn't answer herself, Li Lan asked again.
Before the woman could answer, behind the woman, a thin Somali woman spoke up to help her answer: "The two of them have already started to talk about marriage, and less than five minutes after the last time they met, Kurata was called away, saying that there was a mission in the army and that the vacation was canceled." As a result,...... "After the last thing was said, the woman also began to cry.
"Alas!" Li Lan was silent.
After about thirty seconds, the Somali woman's mood stabilized a little and she continued: "Kurata is a very good lad and we have been very happy with him since we met my daughter. They all hope that they will get married as soon as possible, but Kurata has always said that he needs to wait for him to get his military exploits and marry my daughter in a beautiful way, but he did not expect that he has now been summoned to heaven, leaving my daughter alone ...... on earth. ”
"The dead are gone, and the living mourn! Don't be too sad, he must be in heaven, and he doesn't want to see you so haggard. Everything will pass......" Li Lan persuaded the woman in front of him, hoping that he would be able to come out of the sad environment as soon as possible.
"I will always be with him until I finish my studies, Your Excellency the President, can you let me join the army, I hope to be like Kurata, so that in the future, I can go to heaven to find him." The woman's persistent eyes were full of determination.
"It's dangerous to join the army, aren't you afraid?" The woman's eyes shocked Li Lan's heart, he hadn't seen such a determined expression for a long time, but he still couldn't help but persuade him.
"Kurata is not afraid, and I am not afraid. I heard his comrades-in-arms say that he was flying a plane and dying with the enemy, knowing that he was dying, he could do it without hesitation. As his woman, what reason do I have to hold back? The woman's eyes didn't move in the slightest, and they were still very firm.
The mother of the woman behind her, hearing her daughter's words, could only sigh, twist her head, and sobbed softly.
"What's your name?" Li Lan didn't persuade any further, this kind of firmness in his eyes was useless. Since she is so determined, what does it matter if she is perfected.
"My name is Alena and I'm a junior at the University of Somalia." The woman, Alena, replied, with a flash of joy on her face.
"Alena, I promise you, after the opening of the Air Force Military Academy next month, I hope you can adjust your emotions to enroll, as for whether you can join the Air Force smoothly, it depends on your academic results." Li Lan has already agreed to her, but in the army, it is not enough to rely on emotion, and professional knowledge is also needed as a foundation. He just gave her a chance, and whether she can achieve her wish or not, she still needs to work hard and sweat more.
With Alena in tears and a look of joy in her eyes, Li Lan turned to the guards behind her and ordered: "Write down her student number and name, hand it over to the Ministry of National Defense, and when the Air Force Academy opens, we will recruit her to the school." ”
"Yes."
When she said goodbye to Alena, with her blessing, Li Lan continued to walk.
Of the more than 700 family members of the fallen soldiers, Li Lan went down one by one without pulling down any of them. Some of the families of the fallen soldiers were like Alena, and some were married to fallen Red Police soldiers. Among them were several young women, who were pregnant.
For these people, the Somali Government will shoulder the responsibility for the lives of the relatives of the deceased, and they will enjoy more benefits than in normal Somalia.
This also includes the families of ordinary Somali soldiers, and although it was the Red Guard Corps that really played a role in this war, the garrison also played a huge role. Compared with the combat effectiveness of the Red Guard Corps, the garrison is much weaker, but in terms of integrity, the Somali soldiers of the garrison are no worse than the Red Guard Corps.
On the battlefield, they also sacrificed their lives and forgot their lives, and during the mission, they were also very dedicated to completing it, and the garrison troops who went to the battlefield also caused a lot of casualties to the coalition forces. The record of kills also reached 40% of the kills of the Red Police Corps.
In the past, Li Lan had always regarded the Red Police Corps as his own soldiers, but after this war, he also began to really attach importance to the garrison.
The sun began to set in the west, and under the announcement of the funeral officiant, the families and the bodies of the fallen soldiers said their utmost farewell, and then everything was laid to rest.
Li Lan experienced and planted flowers for each tombstone in turn, whether it was a soldier of the Red Police Corps or a soldier of the garrison, he was like this, and his emotions would not be discounted. (To be continued......)